介詞和賓格

2024-10-08 23:58:38 作者: 約瑟夫·德夫林

  不要忘記介詞後面永遠要用賓格。

  例47

  不要說:Between you and I(你我之間)

  

  而要說:Between you and me(你我之間)

  不要拿兩個介詞修飾一個賓語,除非它們之間有緊密的聯繫。

  例48

  不要說:He was refused admission to and forcibly ejected from the school.(他被拒絕接收,並且被迫從學校開除了出去。)

  而要說:He was refused admission to the school and forcibly ejected from it.(他被學校拒絕並開除。)

  SUMMON—SUMMONS

  例49

  不要說:I shall summons him.(我將召喚他來。)

  而要說:I shall summon him.(我將召喚他來。)

  summon是動詞,summons是名詞。

  可以說:I shall get a summons for him.(我將召喚他來。)

  而不要用summon。

  UNDENIABLE—UNEXCEPTIONABLE

  例50

  如果我想表達我的哥哥性格很好的話,那麼,

  My brother has an undeniable character.(我哥哥有著無可爭辯的性格。)

  這句話是錯的。應該說:

  My brother has an unexceptionable character.(我哥哥有著無可指摘的性格。)

  An undeniable character指的是無可否認的性格,無論好壞。An unexceptionable character指的是無可指摘、無可批評的性格。


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